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NORD Wins Competition to Design Marine Education Center in Malmö
NORD Architects has released designs for a new Marine Education Centre in Malmö,Sweden. The Copenhagen-based practice, awarded the commission through an invited competition, hopes to “blur the distinction between architecture and landscape” with a facility that helps users gain a “deeper understanding of marine life.”
“With the changing climate, rising oceans and increased severity of cloudbursts, there is a need more than ever to understand the profound influence that marine life and the oceans have on our lives”, says Johannes Molander Pedersen, partner at NORD Architects.
Main entrance. Image © NORD Architects
The proposal merges indoor and outdoor spaces under a single, large roof to create an engaging learning landscape centered around marine life. Featured programs will include “floating laboratories on small removable pontoons, teaching signs on the seabed and underwater sea binoculars.” Further contributing to the learning experience, the building’s water handling, energy consumption and ventilation functions will also be placed on display.
Site Plan. Image © NORD Architects
West facade. Image © NORD Architects
“We have developed a learning landscape where education is everywhere. It is in the landscape, in the building and in the transition between nature and culture. The centre is open for everyone who is interested in the role we as humans play in nature’s life cycle. It allows a hands on learning experience that invites users to explore using their senses in the field, and thereafter analyze and understand their observations of the marine life”, says Johannes Molander Pedersen.
Completion is slated for 2016.
Sustainability diagram. Image © NORD Architects
Competition: Marine Education Centre
Award: First Prize
Project Name: NORD Architects
Architects: NORD Architects
Location: Malmö, Sweden
External Consultant: The Øresund Environment School, City of Copenhagen
Client: Malmö City
Area: 700.0 sqm
Year: 2016
Photographs: NORD Architects
Источник: www.archdaily.com